Emerging Markets
Emerging Markets | 12 Feb 16
The final great investment frontier: Iran
Oliver Bell, manager of the T. Rowe Price Frontier Markets Equity Fund and T. Rowe Price Middle East & Africa Equity Fund recently visited Iran. Here he outlines why many of the assumptions investors have about the country may need a major upgrade.
Emerging Markets | 11 Feb 16
Emerging markets: Three regions on the radar
Georgina Hellyer, portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, outlines the three hottest EM areas investors should be looking at right now.
Axa taps e-commerce firm to expand Africa insurance offering
Insurance and asset management firm Axa is set to become the exclusive provider of insurance products and services through Africa Insurance Group’s (AIG) online retail firm Jumia, as well as via the group’s other online mobile platforms in Africa.
Emerging Markets | 8 Feb 16
Emerging market outflows concentrated in Asia
The €1bn of net outflows from emerging market equity funds in December brought total redemptions from the asset class in 2015 to €36.3bn. Though emerging markets everywhere suffered heavily from the commodity price slump, Asia suffered the biggest blows last year.
ANALYSIS: Beware China’s rapidly diminishing cash pile
The ‘humiliation’ of emerging markets, led by China, is currently at an extreme says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.